When most people hear the word “cleaver,” they probably imagine a cartoon chef chasing a small crab around a kitchen, splitting tables in half and wreaking havoc. While we don’t recommend bringing ...

A Chinese vegetable cleaver can not only do everything a typical Western chef’s knife can do, but it can also easily scoop up chopped ingredients and peel vegetables with its square-tipped, thin blade ...

Clockwise from left: Xiao Chao sets fire to heat iron blades to make traditional Chinese cleaver at his workshop in Changsha, Hunan province, in March 2022. Xiao (right) poses with his colleague at ...